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Our 2017 Membership Drive Goals

Goal 1: 80 Members

Goal 2: $6,000 total contributions

New for 2017 . . . Donate via PayPal

Just click on the below button and use your Credit or Debit card to donate to the Friends. You do not need to have your own PayPal account to do this. Note that your contribution will be reduced by a 2.2% + $0.30 fee.

Who We Are and What We Do

The Lassen County Friends of the Library is a group of people who value the Lassen Library and the services it provides to the community and who have joined together to do what we can to give the community the best library possible.

Our mission is to stimulate public awareness for the Lassen Library through community advocacy activities and to provide financial, material and volunteer support for the Library's programs, services and facility.

Membership Information

The group has a four-tier membership structure with annual membership fees as listed below. Membership is assigned according to the calendar year in which the membership fee is received. Print a PDF of the membership application form or obtain one at the library.

Membership is not a requirement to donate to the Friends. The Friends accepts monetary donations other than membership fees from all who wish to contribute. The Friends receives revenues from grants that the group applies for on behalf of the library. Except for an extremely low percentage of administrative costs all revenues collected eventually are channeled to the Lassen Library. As a 501(c)3 charitable organization, all donations to the Friends are tax deductible to the extend allowed by law.

How We Spend Your Donations

Past contributions to the library have been used to purchase books, pay magazine and e-book subscriptions, contribute to the purchase of children's computers and software, provide matching funds for grant applications, help with building maintenance projects and provide resources in support of the library's programs such as the Summer Reading Program.

Our 2016 financials are as follows:

Revenues - $5,509.75

Expenses - $3,844.76

Membership fees - - - $1,1615.00

Patron Computers - - - $1,660.00

No-Bake Sale - - - $2,088.00

Kids Computer - - - $1,750.00

Walmart Grant (2016) - - - $750.00

Walmart Grant (2015) Pass-thru - - - $750.00

Book Sales - - - $307.25

Walmart Grant (2016) Pass-thru - - - $750.00

Other Donations - - - $749.50

Magazine Subscriptions - - - $387.81

Summer Reading - - - $125.00

Books Purchased - - - $24.95

Administrative Costs - - - $141.00

When We Meet

The Friends of the Library conducts quarterly meetings at the library at 2 p.m. on the first Thursday in the months of February, May, August and November. Special meetings can be called and will be announced in a timely manner before the meeting. The public is invited and encouraged to attend all meetings - membership is not required to attend.